attamen

Latin

Etymology

at (“but”) +‎ tamen (“however”)

Adverb

attamen (not comparable)

1. nevertheless

References

• “attamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “attamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• attamen in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• attamen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French atamer, from Latin attāminō (“to touch, attack, defile”).

Verb

attamen (third-person singular simple present attameth, present participle attamende, attamynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle attamed)

1. to cut, pierce
2. to broach, tap (a bottle, keg)
3. to reveal, expose
4. to start (a story, etc.)

Alternative forms

• attemen

Derived terms

• tamen

References

• “attāmen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Verb

attamen (third-person singular simple present attameth, present participle attamende, attamynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle attamed)

1. Alternative form of atamen (“to train (an animal)”)